Districts of Zambia

I replaced the provisional census and area figures with data from the final 2010 census report. According to this document, I had also
interchanged the 2000 populations of five districts; that is fixed now.

I searched my database for duplicate HASC codes and found that I had assigned ZM.WE.KA to both Kalabo and Kaoma. I have now
given them both new codes.

I have only a small amount of information about the history of Zambia's districts. At some time in the past, there were 57 of them. Later,
the number grew to 61, and then 72.

Old: ID for the former district covering this area, keyed to the tableunder Change history.

Change history (incomplete):

The oldest set of divisions I have found is this list of 57 districts, probably ca. 1980. The first digit in the ID is a key to the
province, where the provinces as of that date were numbered alphabetically from 1 to 9.

2011-11: Muchinga province formed by taking Chinsali, Isoka, Mafinga, Mpika, and Nakonde districts from Northern province and Chama
district from Eastern province. I changed all the HASC codes to reflect this new partition; all the HASC codes that used to start
with ZM.NO or ZM.EA now start with ZM.ES, ZM.MU, or ZM.NR.

2012-07-09: Rufunsa district split from Chongwe and Sibuyunji district from Mumbwa.

2012-07-12: Sibuyunji district transferred from Central province to Lusaka.

2012-07-29: Mwansabombwe district split from Kawambwa and Chipili district from Mwense.